Ousted

Dead man walking. That was former U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy after he was elected Speaker after 15 ballots back in January. Just about every talking head on broadcast and cable news programs said back then he had given away all his power to the far-right wing nut jobs.

It caught up to him yesterday. Deservedly so. 

McCarthy got punked by GOP Cong. Matt Gaetz. That is all you need to know about today’s GOP.

This was and still is a GOP sh_tshow. Democrats are observers.  There was no reason for Democrats to vote to support McCarthy.

This Ari Fleischer fella is a clown for sure. What a knucklehead and see his tweet from yesterday:

Unbelievable. The Democrats, with the help of Matt Gaetz and a handful of GOP Members, just ousted the Republican Speaker of the House. What a mess. This is so foolish. Why would anyone want to be Speaker of the House.

This fella is an idiot. We have known this since his WMD days.

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The Chron E-Board endorsed H-Town District J Council Member Edward Pollard today.

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From the Chron today:

Attorney and Harris County Department of Education Trustee Eric Dick faces $40,000 in fines for campaign finance violations after the Texas Ethics Commission recently tacked on another $10,000 penalty.

The TEC ruled late last month that Dick will be required to pay the $10,000 for campaign finance violations that occurred during his unsuccessful campaign for Harris County Treasurer in March 2022. He was fined $30,000 in February 2022 for violations made during his unsuccessful 2019 run for City Council.

According to the TEC resolution signed on Sept. 29, Dick violated statutes of the Texas Election Code for failing to report two $25,000 payments to the Conservative Republicans of Texas (CRT) and the Conservative Republicans of Harris County (CRHC). There was also a discrepancy of over $100,000 reported but unaccounted-for in expenditures on his pre-election filings.

Dick’s attorney, Jared Woodfill, also president of CRT, had not returned a call as of Tuesday.

Here is the entire read: Eric Dick fined $10K for more campaign finance violations (houstonchronicle.com).

This Dick fella also advertises on TV looking for clients to represent. I don’t know about that.

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Today is National Taco Day. On a Wednesday?

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My Beatles wall calendar for October has the four in a black and white photo from 1962.

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The D-Backs, Phillies, Rangers, and Twins all won yesterday. Let’s see if any can advance by the end of today.

The team had a workout yesterday.